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Digital storytelling as a teaching tool by Louisa Ellum
The very nature of digital storytelling—using voice, video, music and images as well as text—means a person can create an effective narrative without being an experienced writer.

Writing wrong: conundrums of literacy and human rights by Catherine Kell
Literacy is often seen as secondary to such enterprises as development, income-generation or building, but disregarding its importance would jeopardise the concept of education for all.

Professional practice: a personal patchwork by Peter Waterhouse
After 26 years as a literacy teacher, researcher and consultant, a man recalls his life and ‘literacies’.

Blended learning: getting the best from flexible delivery by Debbie Soccio
A multitude of software whistles and hardware bells is used in flexible learning, but will the less technology-savvy get left behind?

Regulars
Practical Matters
There are ways for learners to ‘trick’ their minds into a positive learning situation by role-playing as, say, a successful business manager. Merv Edmunds, or someone impersonating him, explains.

Open Forum
From Cuba to Carlton and getting down to it with Michael Chalk on blogs.

Foreign Correspondence
In Canada, Marlene Erikson and Barbara Old write about specialised Indigenous courses—ethno-maths, ethno-science, ethno-biology—that integrate the subject matter into a cultural context and use teamwork rather than competition.

Beside the Whiteboard
Isy Bilander shares his experiences of teaching literacy and basic computer skills to Deaf people at Fitzroy’s Holden Street Neighbourhood House.